title: Philosophy on steroids: why the anti-doping position could use a little enhancement.
abstract: There is currently much concern over the use of pharmaceuticals and other biomedical techniques to enhance athletic performance--a practice we might refer to as doping. Many justifications of anti-doping efforts claim that doping involves a serious moral transgression. In this article, I review a number of arguments in support of that claim, but show that they are not conclusive, suggesting that we do not have good reasons for thinking that doping is wrong.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Department of Philosophy, UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program, UCLA Center for Society and Genetics, 321 Dodd Hall, 405 Hilgard, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1451, USA. kious@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Brent M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kious
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D054874:Athletic Performance; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000941:ethics*; D003068:Coercion; D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D013177:Sports / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D045930:Anabolic Agents; D013256:Steroids